Friday, October 22

Addie's Birth Photos

The intense power and spirit and calm that God provides to a woman in labor always amazes me. It has to be a woman's body's finest hour, laboring to bring forth a new creation, and along with the immense relief that comes when it is complete, I always feel a sense of awe and wonder and privilege to have experienced it.

oh my goodness, seeing these photos blessed me so much! i am about to give birth to my fifth child. (i am two weeks away from my due date, but my midwife thinks it will be any day) Your birth photos and words at the end gave me such peace and comfort and excitement about this coming birth. Thank you SO MUCH! your baby is just beautiful!!praise God!Lora

These are the most powerful photos I've seen in my life! they made me cry, honestly, Hannah, thank you for sharing something so sacred with us// I remembered the birth of my last baby, the relief and awe and thankfulness that was filling me in that moment... Many blessings to your family and a special blessing to Addie - it's a beautiful name!

Can I just say that your pictures have touched my heart this morning! I have given birth to all 5 of my babies at home and I wouldn't trade the experience of a home birth for anything! There is just something about the naturalness of it all. How calming, peaceful.....May God Bless you and yours! Thank you so much for sharing!

What amazing photos...such great keepsakes for you and for Addie. Lovely...you are a natural. And thank you for sharing that sacred moment with us...and so tastefully (As is everything you do...modestly and with taste.)

There are no words to fully describe the moment of birth. It is the most intensely wonderful experience I believe a woman can ever have. These photos give it the justice and sacredness it deserves. Beautiful, just beautiful.

Hannah, a previous blogger so accurately referred to this moment as sacred, and I couldn't agree more. Thank you SO much for sharing it with us. It is such an honor. I am a mother of four girls, two of which I delivered as I call them supernaturally. I believed God for a quick & painless delivery(I knew I'd had to labor) and God granted my heart's desire. However, you make delivering a cinch :) and you look so beautiful.

I especially love the pictures with Annaliese (I hope I'm spelling her name right). She seems so sweet & her hair looks so beautiful.

And the new babe...she is a doll. You truly are a blessed woman. I don't know if you realize that you are blessing so many by allowing us to have a glimpse into your family & home. Be blessed!

This post is so special. Shows a husband who is so supportive in a culture where men and woman are supposed to stand on their own. It shows such beauty of childbirth( I delivered my 5th child at home)Even though God punished woman with pain in childbirth he had mercy and blessed it to be also a beautiful experience. I love the picture of your daughter watching and learning so peacefully. Maybe I'll have my daughter watch me next time. As another blogger put it, "these are the most powerful photo's I've seen in my life!"